Asobo is recruiting !! I found this on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/asobo-studio_the-sky-is-calling-et-nos-offres-de-job-activity-6808763971458494464-eKCC

I don't understand why they are looking for programmers 9 months after the product release, I thought the sim was finished when it was released.
Maybe I was too naive 🙂

Eric

 

Edited June 14, 20214 yr by Rocky

2 minutes ago, Rocky said:

I thought the sim was finished when it was released.
Maybe I was too naive 🙂

 

Not naive, misinformed perhaps.

It's an ever evolving 10 year project.  It'll never be "finished"  Just like iRacing and most MMORPG's for example.

The same reason why any game developer would look at getting new staff X amount of months after the original release. It's called expanding the team. 

26 minutes ago, The Moose said:

Not naive, misinformed perhaps.

It's an ever evolving 10 year project.  It'll never be "finished"  Just like iRacing and most MMORPG's for example.

OK, I can understand it is a 10 year project that will keep growing, but not the autopilot. A sim like MSFS should have a fully functional autopilot on the date of the release, especially when you know the autopilot was working very well in FSX. So they released a new sim with an autopilot that was not working as well as the previous version, I call this a regression. IMHO it is not acceptable for the autopilot, which is an essential feature for a flight simulator.

The future evolutions of this 10 year project should be like adding news sceneries (which Asobo already did successfully), adding new aircraft, adding new satellite features such as advanced ATC, RAAS or other systems, the evolution should not be about fixing things that should be operational upon release. That's my opinion.

8 minutes ago, Rocky said:

OK, I can understand it is a 10 year project that will keep growing, but not the autopilot. A sim like MSFS should have a fully functional autopilot on the date of the release, especially when you know the autopilot was working very well in FSX. So they released a new sim with an autopilot that was not working as well as the previous version, I call this a regression. IMHO it is not acceptable for the autopilot, which is an essential feature for a flight simulator.

The future evolutions of this 10 year project should be like adding news sceneries (which Asobo already did successfully), adding new aircraft, adding new satellite features such as advanced ATC, RAAS or other systems, the evolution should not be about fixing things that should be operational upon release. That's my opinion.

Shouldn't they continue to improve on what they have? Do car manufacturers stop improving a car once it's released. Every day isn't Christmas, relax and enjoy the ride 

What you guys seem to forget - ASOBO is not just the developer of MSFS. They develope other games as well. 😉

But of course MSFS is a top priority and still needs love. As it seems like, its layed out as a long term project and with eventual DLCs + marketplace earnings, they have every reason to stay in business. 😉

2 minutes ago, devgrp said:

Shouldn't they continue to improve on what they have? Do car manufacturers stop improving a car once it's released. Every day isn't Christmas, relax and enjoy the ride 

Of course they should, but the basic important function should be operational on day 1. 

Car manufacturers do improve their cars, but would you buy a car if the manufacturer tells you the cruise control does not work fine? Even if he says it will be fixed in 1 year, I wouldn't buy the car...

But as you say, I enjoy the ride, I love this new sim, but I regret some choices that were made by Asobo, that's it.

1 minute ago, tweekz said:

What you guys seem to forget - ASOBO is not just the developer of MSFS. They develope other games as well.

My thoughts as well but they in particular ask for an auto pilot programmer.

2 minutes ago, Rocky said:

That's my opinion.

..and you're welcome to it 🙂

I agree that the autopilot should have been fully working on release but  we all know MSFS was rushed out of the door early to take advantage of a certain world event keeping everyone in their houses.

Apart from that though it's just not the way a large proportion of gaming software is produced anymore and hasn't been for quite a few years now.  The vast majority of the games i play are this way.. all long term projects, none fully functional on release.  This has it's advantages and disadvantages but overall it's my preferred type of product these days. Much more preferable to the FSX days of release, patch and done.

I certainly never expect a fully working product on release these days. It's just the way the industry has gone.  If you do then perhaps you were a little naive after all.

.............Yeah I'm not gonna bother

1 hour ago, Rocky said:

IMHO it is not acceptable for the autopilot, which is an essential feature for a flight simulator.

I’ve been simming since the 80’s can count the number of times I have used auto pilot on one…maybe two hands. Ok that’s a bit of an exaggeration but hopefully you get my point 😉

48 minutes ago, Krakin said:

.............Yeah I'm not gonna bother

Which statement? …the autopilot, or foreseeing a world pandemic 6 months in the future? Wait, it was Microsoft’s fault! Grrrr

2 hours ago, Rocky said:

Asobo is recruiting !! I found this on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/asobo-studio_the-sky-is-calling-et-nos-offres-de-job-activity-6808763971458494464-eKCC

I don't understand why they are looking for programmers 9 months after the product release, I thought the sim was finished when it was released.
Maybe I was too naive 🙂

Eric

 

And how do you know that? Do you look at your special cristal ball? LOL I work in software industry and  I can tell you it's not always easy to find a qualified software engineer! It may take months and sometimes a year! 

Also people come and go for their own reasons. Typical cycle is two years, so not everyone chooses to stay with one company for longer than that. Some people retire, some some get better job opportunities  and pay.

 

 

1 hour ago, Rocky said:

OK, I can understand it is a 10 year project that will keep growing, but not the autopilot. A sim like MSFS should have a fully functional autopilot on the date of the release, especially when you know the autopilot was working very well in FSX. So they released a new sim with an autopilot that was not working as well as the previous version, I call this a regression. IMHO it is not acceptable for the autopilot, which is an essential feature for a flight simulator.

Okay, you have a legitimate point but the thing is, happened what happened, what can we do now? At least now they are trying their best and I give them that, it is not like they are sitting and chilling. And that particular position for C++ developer, it has been online since the beginning of the year and I can imagine it is extremely hard to find people who are master in C++ and in the same time, they have the knowledge in autopilot. 

Edited June 14, 20214 yr by omarsmak30

2 minutes ago, omarsmak30 said:

Okay, you have a legitimate point but the thing is, happened what happened, what can we do now? At least now they are trying their best and I give them that, it is not like they sitting and chilling. And that particular position for C++ developer, it has been online since the beginning of the year and I can imagine it is extremely hard to find people who are master in C++ and in the same time, they have the knowledge in autopilot. 

Sorry, I didn't know this, I thought it was a new one. Now I understand better, I know how difficult it is to find a good C++ developer who knows aviation and autopilot. Maybe I should apply 🙂